Don't mention my name to press: Tripodi

Corrupt former NSW minister Joe Tripodi told a close friend to "keep him out of it" when the press started asking questions about a smear campaign against fellow Labor MP Jodi McKay.

The Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) was told Mr Tripodi was closely associated with the Fed Up campaign against Labor MP Jodi McKay at the 2011 NSW election.

Local printer and close friend of Mr Tripodi, Vincent Fedele, says the former minister asked him to not mention his name when the press earlier this year began inquiring about the pamphlet campaign.

"Try (and) keep me out of it as much as possible," Mr Tripodi allegedly told Mr Fedele.

Mr Fedele told the corruption inquiry on Tuesday Mr Tripodi would "rock up" to his offices whenever he wanted.

Mr Fedele and his media company, Mesh Media, printed fliers claiming 1000 trucks would be on Newcastle's roads as a result of Ms McKay's opposition to a multi-million-dollar coal loading terminal in Mayfield proposed by businessman Nathan Tinkler's Buildev.

She lost her seat in parliament at the 2011 election, and broke down in tears earlier this year when informed by the ICAC her fellow Labor MP, Mr Tripodi, worked against her.